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OPINION

Letter: Wrangle runaway spending

In the wake of the most recent federal budget crisis, it’s easy to assign fault to the small group of House Republicans whose obstructionist behavior seemingly caused it. As a former Republican, I do as well. However, we cannot overlook the fact that our governments, beginning at the federal level, spend too much money that isn’t really there in the first place. Deficit spending is no longer the exception, but the rule, and the laws of mathematics will not allow it to continue indefinitely.

No, we can’t continue to fund our government in six-month allocations, however it remains critical that we take spending reductions, at all levels, more seriously than I fear they are being taken. Our future depends on it.